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Taw Firstly a brief history of the boat. I purchased the model from a school friend in 1939/40, it was one of three of which had been given to him by an uncle, this is why I'm not 100% sure the sails are correct. I used to sail it in a local pond in Nth. London until about 1946, since then it has been stored in my loft wherever I resided. Last year the family suggested that I should refurbish it so I thought I had better check the hull for leaks, as a consequence when placed in the pond it duly sank, due to the adhesive of the bread and butter construction breaking down and the joints opening up, these subsequently closed on drying out.The deck warped quitte badly and had to be removed, and now requires replacing. Removing the deck has enabled me to reseal the hull and strenghten it with fibre glass matting
I would appreciateany advice or guidance
as to what the design is,and how best to go about refurbishment the deck was
originally thin mahogany what would you suggest now, also details on sails
(replacement) and rigging.
Picture 2 Hull stripped, filled and ready for primer
This looks to be a smallish 10-rater (see discussion in the 'rules' section of the web site) and probably dates from the 1920s. If the hull is now watertight, and not too much overweight as a result of her GRP lining, the deck can be replaced with 1/16 waterproof ply. Model shops sell birch ply in 1 x 4 sheets. They also do liteply, which is birch with a balsa centre. You can probably get mahogany faced waterproof ply from specialist suppliers to the yacht building trade, but not in such convenient sizes and probably not in such slight thicknesses. I would be inclined to go for liteply, stain the top and draw in some planking and then varnish it all to keep it clean.
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